PRIONUS (DEROBRACHUS) LATICOLLIS. Niger latus, thorace marginato
transverso, tridentato, atro nitido; antennis brevibus. (Long. Corp. 1
unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Cerambyx Laticollis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
Prionus brevicornis, _Fabricius Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 260. 15. _Sch.
Syn. Ins._ 3. 339. _Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. Pl._ 34. _f._
3.
HABITAT: New York.
Head black. Antennæ 12-jointed, about half the length of the insect.
Thorax black, broad, short, and shining; thick in the middle, but on the
sides thin and jagged. Scutellum bell-shaped. Elytra {79}rough, black,
and margined on the sides and suture; extending in one of the sexes
beyond the anus. Abdomen and under parts black and shining. Tibiæ with
two short spurs. Tarsi beneath of a dirty clay colour.